Ironing-machine



No. 65,854. Patented DB0. I3, |898.

J. W. JOHNSON.

IRNING MACHINE.

Application lred Aug. 8, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFTC'E,

JOHN lV. JOHNSON, OF CIRCLEVILLE, OIIIO.

lRoNlNG-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 615,854, dated December 13, 1898. Application tiled August 8, 189 8. Serial No. 688,029. (N0 model.)

T0 all wir/ont 25, may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. JOHNSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Circleville, in the county of Pickaway and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My said invention consists in certaim improvements in the details of construction of ironing-machines whereby such a machine is provided of unusual efficiency and durap bility with no addition to its cost.

Said improvements relate chiefly to the bosom-board for shirt-polishing and enable said garment to be manipulated during the operation to secure the best results and leave said garment in the most perfect and desirable condition, as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, which are made a part hereof and on which similar letters and figures of reference indicate similar parts, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an ironing-machine embodying my said improvements; Fig. 2, a central longitudinal section through the bosom-board and stand on an enlarged scale, and Fig, 3 a top or plan view of the same.

In said drawings the portion marked A represents the frame of the machine, B the traveling table, and C the bosom-board.

The machine is in main of a construction in common use and needs no description except as to the details which constitute my.

said improvements.

The frame A is of any suitable form for the purpose and is provided with suitable bearings for the driving mechanism, the ironing-roll l, and feed-roll 2, and other operating parts, as is usual.

The table B is mounted on guides or tracks a. and is supported and fed by the roll 2. It is provided with a handhold b, by which the operator can assist in its manipulation. The bearings of the rolls l and 2 are preferably roller-bearings, whereby the power required is reduced to the minimum, and while I have shown the machine to be operated by hand it will be understood, of course, that any powery desired may be used.

The bosom-board C is mounted on a table O by means of a pivot-bolt c, extending table, is adapted to engage and secure saidl board from turning on said pivot. Said table C is mounted on a hollow standard c4, situated under the center of the bosom-board O, and two legs c5, situated 4under opposi-te sides near the front corners, the whole being mounted on a suitable base plate or board C2, which will set firmly on the traveling table B, or, if preferred, may constitute said table.

The operation is as follows: The shirt is placed with its bosom in proper position on the board C, which is placed in the machine,

as shown. rIhe driving mechanism being put in motion, said bosom is passed back and forth under the polishing-roll l until the desired inish has been secured to the Work. During theoperation said board C can be reversed at alternate passes through the machine by pulling down the bolt c2 and turning said board half around until said bolt engages with the socket c' opposite that from which it has just been withdrawn. By this method the edges of the bosomare kept straight,- as the strain is exerted equally in both directions, and the curving and stretch;

ing and consequent injury to the garment is avoided.

Having thus fully described my said invention, what I claim as new, and desire to seL cure by Letters vPatent, is-= l. In an ironing-machine, the combination of the ironing-roller, a horizontal reciprocate ing table, a bosomfaboard mounted thereon by means of a centrally-located pivot, a catch for holding it inline with the movement, an engaging point being formed on opposite ends of said board, whereby said board may be reversed to present'either end to the rollerand said catch engage therewith to secure it in either position, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with an ironing-ma-- chine, of a bosomsboard C pivoted on a supL porting-table and provided with a socket on opposite sides of said pivot, and a, springmounted bolt or detent o2 on the under side of said table adapted to engage with said sockets and hold said bosom-board in one or another position, as desired, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in an ironing-machine, of the pivoted bosom-board C, the table C supported on the central hollow standard c4 and legs c5, the pivot-bo1t c connecting the said bosom-board and table, being countersunk in the board and provided with a nut 

